Iota: Never lose sight of what's important.

A project in Redwood City, CA by Iotera
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The smallest, longest-lasting GPS tracker in the world. But it does WAY more, and all on a new nationwide network with no monthly fees.
Backers: 1657
Average Pledge Per Backer: $170

Funded: $282,155 of $250,000
Dates: Jul 15th -> Aug 14th (30 days)
Project By: Iotera
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Latest News

We made it!!

August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
After 26 days of excitement, we finally met our funding goal! We are very grateful to each and every one of you for believing in us, and as a token of appreciation we want to share a collage of all our backers (who have profile pictures on... (Read More)

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August 1st - via: buzzfeed.com
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Let's paint the town red!

July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks again for backing our Kickstarter campaign! With 17 days behind us and 13 days remaining, we have around $100K to go towards achieving our $250K funding goal! We have been so overwhelmed by your support and we love watching the coverage map... (Read More)

Winning idea for the best use case contest

July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for all of your great submissions for the “Propose the best use case contest” we ran on July 17th! We had many great submissions and it was challenging to select a winner. We had a few submissions mentioning using the Iotas to keep... (Read More)

Coverage Map and City Rankings

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey Kickstarters! just wanted to send out a quick update on our progress. We now have backers in 40 out of 50 states! Does anyone know someone who owns a pet in Wyoming?:) A special shout out goes out to NYC, Seattle, SF Bay Area and LA for being the... (Read More)

Crowdfunding Roundup: A really useful GPS tag, an iCat, and more

July 24th - via: tuaw.com
If you've followed our weekly crowdfunding roundup for a while, you're aware that various tracking gizmos seem to be one of the biggest categories in crowdfunding. (Read More)

Iota Referral Program

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all of you, we have now crossed the $87K mark and have more than 540 backers in less than 8 days! If you haven’t already added your address to the future coverage map, you can do so here: www.iotera.com/coverage Our future coverage map is... (Read More)

Propose the best new use case and win a free Iota!

July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Kickstarters! Thanks to all of you we have crossed the $60K mark in less than 3 days! If you haven’t already, check out the expected coverage map at: http://www.iotera.com/coverage It has been very important to us from the beginning that we... (Read More)

Coverage Map

July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We are absolutely blown away by all your support!! Thank you from all of us at Iotera! We now have a coverage map showing approximate network coverage across America. Since Kickstarter does not give us addresses of our backers, if you've purchased a... (Read More)

A Clever Plan to Build a Nationwide Network for the Internet of Things

July 15th - via: wired.com
The “Internet of Things” can’t reach its true potential, many believe, unless we have better ways of bringing all these clever new devices online. That’s why Nest and Samsung just introduced a new wireless networking standard called Thread—a radio technology designed specifically for thermostats, fire alarms, and other devices in the home—and it’s why a new startup called Iotera is trying to crowdsource a new nationwide wireless network for devices that operate outside the home. (Read More)

Iota GPS Tag Tech Can Track For Months From Miles Away

July 15th - via: techcrunch.com
Iota is a wireless personal tracker device, plus corresponding app, whose makers are aiming to deploy in the U.S. market at the start of next year. They raised $350,000 last August from Zenshin Capital to develop the tech, and have now taken to Kickstarter to crowdfund the last mile. (Read More)

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